U-674
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Apr 1942 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 823) | ||||||||
| Launched | 8 May 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 15 Jun 1943 | Oblt. Harald Muhs | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 2 May 1944, in the Arctic Ocean north-west of Narvik, in position 70.32N, 04.37E, by rockets from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 842) of the British escort carrier HMS Fencer. 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-674 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Werwolf (23 Feb 1944 - 28 Feb 1944)
Boreas (4 Mar 1944 - 5 Mar 1944)
Orkan (5 Mar 1944 - 10 Mar 1944)
Hammer (10 Mar 1944 - 4 Apr 1944)
Donner & Keil (20 Apr 1944 - 2 May 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-674 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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